Horse Bones / Animal Bones

Dead Horse Bay.

Dead Horse Bay marks the site of what once was Barren Island, where for decades the city’s trash and daily animal dead were rendered into profitable byproducts. Today, the area that was once a marshland is now Floyd Bennett Field, bordered by Dead Horse Bay, where bits of trash from the past century continually wash ashore and provide fodder for collectors, explorers, writers, and artists. See a photo below.